I listened to the audio. I am not sure what she did. Only mistake I see is she appoligized the next day.
I understand insensitivity. I understand the word is strong and can really upset colored folks. I myself refuse to say "n-word". Or the "f-word", or "c-word". If I need to articulate a situation with those words, I say those words. Its sounds idiotic to say "n-word", just say the word. So what I do, is stay away from a situation where I cannot totally sound out the word. If I am around colored folks, stay away from the subject if it hurts thier feelings.
Try not be insensitive. Maybe she was insensitive. And if I was her I might appoligize for being insensitive but never appologize for sounding out a word in the dictionary.
Here's the transcript from the controversial show:
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Laura Schlessinger's Radio Show Rant
Posted: 12:21 PM ET
Dr. Laura Schlessinger has used the "N" word 11 times in 5 minutes during her radio show. Going off on what appears to be a racist rant, according to many who've listened to it, with a woman who had called in how to get advice on how to get along with her husband who's have a different race. Dr. Laura has now issued an apology. Below is the transcript of the radio show:
Caller: OK. Last night - good example - we had a neighbor come over, and this neighbor - when every time he comes over, it's always a black comment. It's, "Oh, well, how do you black people like doing this?" And, "Do black people really like doing that?" And for a long time, I would ignore it. But last night, I got to the point where it
Schlessinger: I don't think that's racist.
Caller: Well, the stereotype
Schlessinger: I don't think that's racist. No, I think that -
Caller: [unintelligible]
Schlessinger: No, no, no. I think that's - well, listen, without giving much thought, a lot of blacks voted for Obama simply 'cause he was half-black. Didn't matter what he was gonna do in office, it was a black thing. You gotta know that. That's not a surprise. Not everything that somebody says - we had friends over the other day; we got about 35 people here - the guys who were gonna start playing basketball. I was going to go out and play basketball. My bodyguard and my dear friend is a black man. And I said, "White men can't jump; I want you on my team." That was racist? That was funny.
Caller: How about the N-word? So, the N-word's been thrown around
Schlessinger: Black guys use it all the time. Turn on HBO, listen to a black comic, and all you hear is n*****, n*****, n*****.
Caller: That isn't
Schlessinger: I don't get it. If anybody without enough melanin says it, it's a horrible thing; but when black people say it, it's affectionate. It's very confusing. Don't hang up, I want to talk to you some more. Don't go away.
I'm Dr. Laura Schlessinger. I'll be right back.
After taking a commercial break, Schlessinger resumed her discussion with the caller:
Schlessinger: I'm Dr. Laura Schlessinger, talking to Jade. What did you think about during the break, by the way?
Caller: I was a little caught back by the N-word that you spewed out, I have to be honest with you. But my point is, race relations -
Schlessinger: Oh, then I guess you don't watch HBO or listen to any black comedians.
Caller: But that doesn't make it right. I mean, race is a [unintelligible]
Schlessinger: My dear, my dear
Caller: - since Obama's been in office
Schlessinger: - the point I'm trying to make
Caller: - racism has come to another level that's unacceptable.
Schlessinger: Yeah. We've got a black man as president, and we have more complaining about racism than ever. I mean, I think that's hilarious.
Caller: But I think, honestly, because there's more white people afraid of a black man taking over the nation.
Schlessinger: They're afraid.
Caller: If you want to be honest about it [unintelligible]
Schlessinger: Dear, they voted him in. Only 12 percent of the population's black. Whites voted him in.
Caller: It was the younger generation that did it. It wasn't the older white people who did it.
Schlessinger: Oh, OK.
Caller: It was the younger generation
Schlessinger: All right. All right.
Caller: - that did it.
Schlessinger: Chip on your shoulder. I can't do much about that.
Caller: It's not like that.
Schlessinger: Yeah. I think you have too much sensitivity
Caller: So it's OK to say "n*****"?
Schlessinger: - and not enough sense of humor.
Caller: It's OK to say that word?
Schlessinger: It depends how it's said.
Caller: Is it OK to say that word? Is it ever OK to say that word?
Schlessinger: It's - it depends how it's said. Black guys talking to each other seem to think it's OK.
Caller: But you're not black. They're not black. My husband is white.
Schlessinger: Oh, I see. So, a word is restricted to race. Got it. Can't do much about that.
Caller: I can't believe someone like you is on the radio spewing out the "n*****" word, and I hope everybody heard it.
Schlessinger: I didn't spew out the "n*****" word.
Caller: You said, "N*****, n*****, n*****."
Schlessinger: Right, I said that's what you hear.
Caller: Everybody heard it.
Schlessinger: Yes, they did.
Caller: I hope everybody heard it.
Schlessinger: They did, and I'll say it again
Caller: So what makes it OK for you to say the word?
Schlessinger: - n*****, n*****, n***** is what you hear on HB
Caller: So what makes it
Schlessinger: Why don't you let me finish a sentence?
Caller: OK.
Schlessinger: Don't take things out of context. Don't double N - NAACP me. Tape the -
Caller: I know what the NAACP
Schlessinger: Leave them in context.
Caller:I know what the N-word means and I know it came from a white person. And I know the white person made it bad.
Schlessinger: All right. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Can't have this argument. You know what? If you're that hypersensitive about color and don't have a sense of humor, don't marry out of your race. If you're going to marry out of your race, people are going to say, "OK, what do blacks think? What do whites think? What do Jews think? What do Catholics think?" Of course there isn't a one-think per se. But in general there's "think."
And what I just heard from Jade is a lot of what I hear from black-think - and it's really distressting [sic] and disturbing. And to put it in its context, she said the N-word, and I said, on HBO, listening to black comics, you hear "n*****, n*****, n*****." I didn't call anybody a n*****. Nice try, Jade. Actually, sucky try.
Need a sense of humor, sense of humor - and answer the question. When somebody says, "What do blacks think?" say, "This is what I think. This is what I read that if you take a poll the majority of blacks think this." Answer the question and discuss the issue. It's like we can't discuss anything without saying there's -isms?
We have to be able to discuss these things. We're people - goodness gracious me. Ah - hypersensitivity, OK, which is being bred by black activists. I really thought that once we had a black president, the attempt to demonize whites hating blacks would stop, but it seems to have grown, and I don't get it. Yes, I do. It's all about power. I do get it. It's all about power and that's sad because what should be in power is not power or righteousness to do good - that should be the greatest power.
All I know, is that if you have a talk radio show and are conservative and white, you had better make sure you enunciate clearly the T,R when you describe the trigger pull on your rifle.
I think Dr. Laura put herself on a very thin line in that conversation. It would be nice if we could have an honest dialog about race, but apparently nobody wants too. It shouldn't be that way, but apparently that's the way it is.
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Thanks ipsc. Read about it this moorning and figured it was much to do about nothing. It's a shame she is bowing out of her program over it. It's just a word.
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I think she has every right to say what she said, as a matter of fact I think what she said needed to be said to draw at least a little bit of attention to the double standard that exists when it comes to the use of that word. The reaction/results of her saying what she did will undoubtedly not be anything constructive, or helpful in changing this double standard.
Hyper sensitivity, is necessary for the "tolerance" crowd and "politically correct" crowd to accomplish their agendas. That is more of the issue than the use of an offensive word, IMO. It's the new angle in scare tactics, and a way to stay the victim.
I don't think she should have apologized for using the word, she should apologize for interrupting someone in mid-sentence, and taking someones comments out of context to facilitate another of her rants, but not for what she said in that transcript.
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